Seafarers are required to submit to a medical examination prior to boarding a ship and should get regular check-ups once their service onboard begins.Employers are prohibited from hiring seafarers who do not possess the medical certificate stipulated in these regulations (as an attachment) that verifies that their physical condition is proper for working onboard a ship.Employers are prohibited from hiring seafarers that the medical examination determines to be unsuitable for working onboard a ship.Employers have the right to discontinue the employment of seafarers identified through a check-up as suffering from a non-work-related illness and who are no longer able to carry out their original work.MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF SEAFARER.odt